# Catalhöyük, the first large settlement of mankind

Çatalhöyük was the first large settlement in world history. It originated around 9,500 years ago in what is now Turkey. In the heyday, up to 2500 people lived there.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: ZDF/Terra X/Film Produktion Stein e.K./Alexander Hogh/Martin Papirowski/Timm Westen, Roxana Ardelean/Golem Studio/Alexander Leuck/Fraunhofer Intitut für…
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk,_the_first_large_settlement_of_mankind.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: ZDF/Terra X/Film Produktion Stein e.K./Alexander Hogh/Martin Papirowski/Timm Westen, Roxana Ardelean/Golem Studio/Alexander Leuck/Fraunhofer Intitut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung/Christofori u.Partner; I redubbed it to English using…
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/162389626?play=1)